>What if I can ask my OS to do things I normally do over some protocol like HTTP in a RESTful style? Create user, list directory, find the last login, tell me linux kernel version.
The /proc filesystem is somewhat close to that when it comes to GET.
>I don't want to parse my command-line output if I can just speak in one human-readble, machine-friendly dialect
That's not what REST (the original concept) is about.
The /proc filesystem is somewhat close to that when it comes to GET.
>I don't want to parse my command-line output if I can just speak in one human-readble, machine-friendly dialect
That's not what REST (the original concept) is about.